Be sure to submit your story to @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social Annual Writing Competition! 🎉🎉🎉

The long list for the first quarter 2026 flash fiction is up on the website: flash500.com/category/ann...
Good luck to all for the next stage of judging.
#flashfiction #writers #fiction

This year's Moth Short Story Prize is now officially open...

And we're delighted to share that the brilliant @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social is joining us as this year's judge.

THE PRIZES

1st prize €3,000
2nd prize €1,000
3rd prize a week at The Moth Retreat

FFF Competition Thirty-Three
open until 23.4
Judge: Rosaleen Lynch
@rosaleenlynch.bsky.social

100 to 300 words

1 W £200.00
2 HC £100.00
3 SL £80.00
and publication
£4.95 per entry/story

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Read the rules!

All the info...
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We’re seeking microfiction (<251 words), poetry (<31 lines), & art for an ebook cover that captures the powerful connection between Utah’s landscapes & its people. The contest is free & open to UT residents or those with deep ties to UT, w/ submissions due by August 31, 2026, via Google Form.
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WRITING CONTEST ALERT for #Utah based or Utah-Focused #Authors of poetry and short fiction:

Southern Utah Book Festival is excited to announce our upcoming Literary Contest: "Vibrant Landscapes, Personal Ties."
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Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed The Plaza Prizes offered 10 awards in 2025 but some judges say they were not paid, while a number of winners hit back over AI accusations

The Plaza Prizes appear to have closed www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

D.H. Lawrence Children’s Prize Writing Competition run by
Broxtowe Borough Council is open until 17th May. Fiction, nonfiction & poetry. Theme “Friendship”. 500 words. Free entry. Top prize, Kindle. 3 categories: 4-7, 8-11 and 12-16. Winners are published online. www.broxtowe.gov.uk/for-you/dh-l...

Submissions for our annual Editor’s Prizes are open until April 15, 2026!

Each winner receives publication in The Florida Review and $1,000 upon publication.

You can find further guidelines and submit your work on our Submittable page.

#flreview

Flash Fiction Prize 2026: RESULTS - Fish Publishing Winners Short-list Long-list   From all of us at Fish, thank you for sharing your flash stories with us. The range, originality, and quality of the work made this year’s selection especially rewarding...

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This is my own trumpet I am blowing! Check me out amongst the great and the good.

Came third. Totally beside self. Not cool about it at all

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The clock is ticking! ⏰ Just 5 days to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!

My April ✍️ newsletter contains details of 95 new writing competitions & other publishing opportunities, a new story writing workshop and lots of lovely writing news 🎉 mailchi.mp/christopherf...

Flash Fiction Prize 2026: RESULTS - Fish Publishing Winners Short-list Long-list   From all of us at Fish, thank you for sharing your flash stories with us. The range, originality, and quality of the work made this year’s selection especially rewarding...

Fish Publishing's Flash Fiction Prize 2026: RESULTS fishpublishing.com/2026/04/18/f...

Huge congratulations to everyone on the Commonwealth Prize shortlist, but especially to the marvellous, multi-talented Cosmata Lindie who I got to know through the 2023 Commonwealth Prize. The shortlist are about to have a memorable adventure together!
@cosmata.bsky.social

Congratulations to Bluemoose author

Alison Armstrong.

Her story _Saudade_ has been short listed for

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026.

We publish her novel

Museum of Infinite Light in January 2027.

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Pushbike Prize for Flash Fiction

A new flash prize and I'm judging!

Crannóg Magazine is delighted to announce the inaugural Pushbike Prize for Flash Fiction judged by Nuala O'Connor.

€1500 in prizes

Subs open May 1st to 21st.

www.wordsonthestreet.com/pod.html?fbc...

It’s never too late to start writing.

The Never Too Late Award celebrates writers aged 60+ and offers £500 to the highest-placed entrant in our poetry, short story, flash fiction or novel categories.

No separate entry needed — just tick the box when you submit.

Enter at bridportprize.org.uk

Call for Entries: Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade" - Exposition Review 2026 has already been a year of many ups, downs, and pivots. Exposition Review is not immune, so it’s fitting that for the first time in our ten(!) years of running Flash 405, we’re changing up our deadline dates and taking inspiration from another iconic Los Angeles freeway—the 10! As such, our April contest will… Continue reading Call for Entries: Flash 405, April 2026: “Saudade” →

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Ashley C. Lanuza’s Flash 405: “Saudade” is now accepting submissions through May 10. Submit your shortform fiction, nonfiction, poetry, scripts for stage & screen, and experimental writing for your chance to win cash prizes and publication: tinyurl.com/FlashSaudade.

Short Stories: Winners Judge’s report 2026 by Wendy Clarke

Short story 2026 results are up! You can read the winning entries and the judge's report by @wendyclarke.bsky.social on the website:

flash500.com/short-storie...

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Deadline for the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation's 2026 short story competition is April 28. Theme: A Story Worth Telling. Any setting, time period or genre. Open to both new and experienced fiction writers. Free to enter. dystopianstories.com/events/jane-...

2026 WRITING CONTEST RESULTS Thank you for the participation and support of 440 international writers who entered our contest. Brilliant Flash Fiction staff members carefully examined those entries and chose the following Top …

Results of our 2026 Writing Contest!
brilliantflashfiction.com/2026/04/07/2...

EXTENDED DEADLINE 💫
Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2000 words!

Prizes: €2000 / 1000€; residencies at Civitella Ranieri
& at DL in Madrid; manuscript assessment with
@thelitconsultancy.bsky.social; publication; salons; and more...

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Graphic shows a stack of books and scrolls. Text reads: The annual BFS Short Story Competition is now open! Entries close 30 June, full details on the website.

The BFS Short Story Competition is now open! We want your words - full details and submission form here: britishfantasysociety.org/get-in-touch...

The Welkin Genre Prize A competition for microfiction up to 100 words. It is free to enter and aims to be a welcoming space for all writers. The competition is open to all forms of narrative prose. There is a whole universe...

Entries open 1st June and close on 30th June.
The winner of each genre wins £30 and the pride of calling themselves a Welkin winner!
All shortlisted pieces (20 in total) will be published in July / August.

Full details here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

Get scribbling!!!

A new competition for microfiction up to 100 words that aims to celebrate writing around different genres and themes. For 2026, the categories are:

​🌍The "Earth" Prize
🌻The "Joy" Prize
🫀The "Body" Prize
🏛️The "History" Prize
🧚The "Firefly" Prize

To celebrate my birthday, I wanted to do something nice that would hopefully spread a bit of joy in the next few months. So, today is the official launch of... 🥁🥁🥁

THE WELKIN GENRE PRIZE!!!

Details in the thread below!

www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

WBTL Live Workshops

New, new from the @welkinpress.bsky.social - in the lead-up to the Welkin Genre Prize, I'll be teaching 6 one-hour generative workshops which delve into Welkin micros past to inspire some Welkin micros future!

1st one is on Thursday 7th May.

Details / book: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-workshops

Gooseberry Pie Lit-Annual Writing Competition - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine Photo by Ryutaro Tsukata: pexels.com It’s almost April which means National Gooseberry Month is just around the corner. In celebration we are having our third annual writing contest with $1,100.00 in ...

@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social is opening submissions to our annual writing competition a couple of days early. Read the following post for all the details. Can't wait to read your stories.

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This is great news! Get your stories in! 🎉🎉🎉

LAST DAYS to apply for sponsored entry
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